Interviews

Cooperativa Ceramica d’Imola started up its new Continua+ line on 21 August 2017. The Chairman Stefano Bolognesi talks about the new investment.

The expansion project at the facility in Gailpur, Rajasthan, is expected to be completed soon.

Ceramiche Piemme posted 8% revenue growth in 2016 and reached all-time record levels in June 2017. At Cersaie 2017 the company presented 5 new collections, including the 120x240 cm format.

DBL Ceramics (Dhaka, Bangladesh) started up its first production line at the end of 2016 and plans to start up the second one by December this year.

Ceramicas Lourdes will start up in autumn the new System Lamina plant  to begin production of gres porcelain panels with sizes up to 1600x3200 mm.

By the this spring, the company will start up a new plant for large-format tile and panel production using the Continua+ line from Sacmi.

Modern management and a focus on investments in new technologies are the key factors that allowed the company to expand even in times of recession.

Recently the Brazilian company began operating in the ceramic sector and immediately planned a series of investments to achieve the goal of becoming one of the top three manufacturers in Brazil.

The Polish Group recently started up its third greenfield plant for the production of large size ceramic panels using Continua+ technology.

System Ceramics will supply the Germany company with a complete plant for the production of panels in sizes up to 1600 x 3200 mm.

CWW inaugurates the new "Video" section with a series of interviews with participants and jurors of the competition Tecnargilla Design Award 2016.

The Italian company based in Maranello has launched a new series of investments that will culminate in early 2017 with the doubling of large-format panel and slab production and the creation of a processing centre.

The multinational announced during Cersaie the launch of its new brand and the merger of all its subsidiaries worldwide.

The Group has recently concluded a new 10 million euro project which will enable it to join the elite of large-format ceramic panel manufacturers.

The Indian giant started up of two new production sites in Rajasthan and Gujarat, reaching a production capacity of 68.6 million sq.m of tiles and a real production of 58 million sq.m.

In 2015 the consolidated turnover of the Group exceeded 800 million Euro (+12% on 2014). The group has planned a 30 million euro investment programme for the period 2016-2017.

An ultra-modern new facility is already under construction in Morbi for producing large-format ceramic tiles and panels using GEA technology from System.

In the first quarter of 2015, the Continua+ line from Sacmi came into operation at the Campo Largo facility, the first time this innovative technology has been installed in the American continent.

The largest Indian ceramic tile manufacturer ended 2014 with a production capacity of 54 million sq.m and a real production of 50 million sq.m (+26% on 2013). The goal: 100 million sq.m/year by March 2018.

Antonio Carlos Kieling, secretary general of Anfacer, describes the economic, political and social context in which the world’s second largest ceramic industry operates.